Vidiago is surrounded by protected natural lands and trails meandering through thick pine and oak forest, seaside cliffs, and formations called bufones (blow holes), that as the tides shift shoot sudden geysers of salt water meters high into the air from subterranean stone channels. PLAN YOUR TRIP: Fodor’s Basque Country, Gascony, and Haute Pyrenees Guideįew outside of Spain or even Asturias know about the hamlet of Vidiago and its remote and pristine beaches. This begins some of the most rugged and steep-and beautiful-sections of the entire path. In Hendaye, pilgrims cross the Pont St-Jacques (Saint James Bridge) and over the border into Irún, were they continue onto the Camino del Norte in Spain. This coastal route has become very popular among locals as well as visitors in recent years. Insider tip: If you are walking the coastal Camino from here, regionally called the Voie Littoral, the trail is well marked from the smaller settlement of Bidart on the coast just south of Biarritz. The best vantage point for the expansive view is at Rocher de la Vierge, Biarritz’s rocky outcropping with a statue of Mary surrounded by crashing waves and accessed via a footbridge from the mainland. Near the path through Bayonne, it was also a stop for English and French pilgrims arriving from Bordeaux. Long before Biarritz was the Belle Époque destination for Europe’s well-heeled, or for the world’s top surfers, it was a medieval fishing village, then whaling town. This French Basque town offers the most panoramic view of the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains and the northern Iberian coast.
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